List of environmental research institutes

This is a list of environmental research institutes, by country or region. These organizations undertake research on the sustainable management of resources, including water, energy and biodiversity.

Australia

Centre for Energy and Environmental Markets (CEEM)
Cooperative Research Centre
Environment Institute, University of Adelaide
Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment (HIE), University of Western Sydney
Advanced Water Management Centre(AWMC), the University of Queensland

Canada

McMaster Institute of Environment and Health (MIEH)

Colombia

International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) (Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical)

Denmark

Environmental Assessment Institute (EAI)
Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) (secretariat)
National Environmental Research Institute of Denmark (NERI)

Estonia

Estonian Environmental Research Centre (EERC) ^[1]
- Estonian Environmental Research Institute (operates within the EERC) ^[2]

European Union

European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL)

Finland

Finnish Environment Institute ^[3]

France

Curie Institute (Paris)

Germany

Ghana

Institute for Environment and Sanitation Studies (IESS)

India

Center for Environmental Nuclear Research (CENR)
Center for Environmental Planning and Technology (CEPT)
Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI)
National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI)
The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)
Centre for Environment Education (CEE)
Sri Paramakalyani Centre for Environmental Sciences (SPKCES)

Israel

Israel Institute for Biological Research (IBR)

Italy

Institute of Ecosystem Study (CNR-ISE)

Japan

Institute of Cetacean Research (ICR)

Netherlands

Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN)

New Zealand

Centre for Sustainability^[6]
GNS Science (formerly the Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences)

Norway

Centre for International Climate and Environmental Research

Panama

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

Poland

Curie Institute (Warsaw)

Romania

National R&D Institute for Industrial Ecology - ECOIND

Russia

Mir Environmental Effects Payload (MEEP)

Spain

Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, ICTA UAB ^[7]

South Korea

Korea Environment Institute (KEI)
National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER)

Sweden

Stockholm Environment Institute ^[8]

Switzerland

Center for Development and Environment (CDE)

United Kingdom

Center for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH)
Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH)
Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology
European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI)
Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences (IBERS), Wales
Institute of Zoology (IoZ)
National Institute for Environmental eScience (NIEeS)
Oxford Environmental Change Institute ^[9]
UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources (ISR)
Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research

United States

Botanical Research Institute of Texas (BRIT)
Center for Environmental Legal Studies (CELS), USA ^[10]
Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies

Conard Environmental Research Area (CERA), Iowa

Cooperative Institute for Arctic Research, Alaska
Cooperative Institute for Climate and Ocean Research (CICOR)
Cooperative Institute for Climate Applications and Research (CICAR)
Cooperative Institute for Climate Science (CICS)
Cooperative Institute for Limnology and Ecosystems Research (CILER)
Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies (CIMAS)
Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies (CIMMS)
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES)
Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA)
Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, New York
The Earth Institute, Columbia University, New York
Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL)
Energy and Environmental Research Center (EERC), North Dakota
Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI), Washington DC
Florida Environmental Research Institute (FERI)
Florida Institute of Oceanography (FIO)
Global Energy Network Institute (GENI), California
Global Environment Facility (GEF), Washington DC (secretariat)
Institute on the Environment, University of Minnesota (IonE), St. Paul, MN
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS-North America), Washington DC (secretariat)
National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL)
National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)
Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL)
Property and Environment Research Center (PERC), Montana
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC)
UCLA Institute of the Environment, University of California at Los Angeles ^[11]
USC Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies (WIES)
Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy

References

^ "Estonian Environmental Research Centre". klab.ee. Retrieved 2015-09-06.
^ "Estonian Environmental Research Institute". klab.ee. Retrieved 2015-09-06.
^ "Finnish Environment Institute". environment.fi. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
^ "Oeko Institute, Institute for Applied Ecology: Home". oeko.de. Retrieved 2016-07-21.
^ "Wuppertal Institut für Klima, Umwelt, Energie GmbH: Home". Wupperinst.org. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
^ "Centre for Sustainability". www.otago.ac.nz. Retrieved 2016-05-14.
^ "Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, ICTA UAB". ictaweb.uab.cat. Retrieved 2017-02-09.
^ "Stockholm Environment Institute". Sei.se. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
^ "Environmental Change Institute (ECI) - Oxford University". Eci.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
^ "Global Center for Environmental Legal Studies". Pace University.
^ "UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability". environment.ucla.edu. Retrieved 2012-02-10.

[1] "Estonian Environmental Research Centre". klab.ee. Retrieved 2015-09-06.

[2] "Estonian Environmental Research Institute". klab.ee. Retrieved 2015-09-06.

[3] "Finnish Environment Institute". environment.fi. Retrieved 2012-02-10.

[4] "Oeko Institute, Institute for Applied Ecology: Home". oeko.de. Retrieved 2016-07-21.

[5] "Wuppertal Institut für Klima, Umwelt, Energie GmbH: Home". Wupperinst.org. Retrieved 2012-02-10.

[6] "Centre for Sustainability". www.otago.ac.nz. Retrieved 2016-05-14.

[7] "Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, ICTA UAB". ictaweb.uab.cat. Retrieved 2017-02-09.

[8] "Stockholm Environment Institute". Sei.se. Retrieved 2012-02-10.

[9] "Environmental Change Institute (ECI) - Oxford University". Eci.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2012-02-10.

[10] "Global Center for Environmental Legal Studies". Pace University.

[11] "UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability". environment.ucla.edu. Retrieved 2012-02-10.

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